Signing ceremony Desertec - Medgrid in the European Union Council in Brussels Thursday 24 November 2011. Sitting from left beginning with number three person: Eric Besson, French Minister for Industry, Energy and Digital Economy, Günther Oettinger, Commissioner for Energy, Andre MERLIN, President of Medgrid, Paul van SON, Chief Executive Officer of Desertec Industry Initiative, Maciej Kaliski, Polish Deputy Minister for Economy, and Jochen Homann, German State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Photo: Erik Luntang/INSPIRIT